In the 2010-11 school year, the administrators, along with teachers and other district personnel, agreed to a one-year wage freeze to help district through a difficult budgetary season. As part of the deal, the administrators agreed to push the expiration date of their compensation plan with its frozen wages ahead one year to June 30, 2012.

As the expiration date approached last June, the board approved a 90-day extension, complete with frozen wages. Three months later, in September, the board extended the frozen plan another 90 days, and in December pushed it forward 30 more days.

January brought another 30-day freeze.

Presented with a fresh proposal Wednesday, the board again failed to approve an agreement with the administrators.

The agenda for Wednesday's public meeting spelled out the proposed salary increases in the overdue agreement.

According to Business Manager David Marsiglio, the proposal would have increased the administrators' salaries 4 percent, but it also included a 2 percent increase in their contribution to health insurance, which would bring the wage increase down to net 2.25 percent. The administrators currently contribute 1.25 percent of their salary to health insurance, and the proposal raises that to 3.25 percent.

Weatherly Area's portion of CCTI's 2013-14 budget totals $366,531, a 2.9 percent decrease or $10,759 less than the current year's contribution of $377,290.

CLIU's 2013-14 operating budget also decreased slightly, with Weatherly's contribution next year totaling $9,462, which is $41 less than the current year's contribution. The CLIU operating budget, as approved, does not include the cost of special education services.

mlight@standardspeaker.com

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